Example sentences of "[modal v] [not/n't] [vb infin] so [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now I see that I know nothing , only I must not say so for I should lose the good opinion of my neighbours and they would no longer trust me with money for my experiments . |
| 2 | The court can proceed in the absence of any respondent but should not do so unless satisfied that the respondent has received reasonable notice of the hearing or that the circumstances justify proceeding in his absence ( FPCR , r16(3) and ( 4 ) ; FPR , r4.16(3) and ( 4 ) ) . |
| 3 | ‘ I should n't think so but — ’ |
| 4 | I should n't think so because they 're rather strong dear |
| 5 | Well I should n't think so because |
| 6 | Hence people who enter the premises as lawful visitors may not remain so if they step outside of their invitation or permission to be on the premises . |
| 7 | However , they could not do so unless their account was settled in full . |
| 8 | It refused as it knew that it could not do so and survive at home . |
| 9 | That said , we have seen so many people in recent months who wanted to move but could not do so until they knew what was going to happen to their take-home income . ’ |
| 10 | Lothar having tried for three days to do the dividing , said he " could not do so because of his ignorance of the places involved " and so finally left that task to his father . |
| 11 | Or if they were told that they could n't get so and so , that was it . |
| 12 | But many of those people who spend time making a good copy need not do so if they thought about the essay properly beforehand . |
| 13 | When Lee pressed against the door it would not open so that she panicked , standing in the enveloping steam . |
| 14 | In practice , of course , we would not do so unless we thought the commercial circumstances warranted it . |
| 15 | This was the reason for the comments in Evans , but there was nothing said in Evans against making a second order on a later occasion which would take the total above 240 hours when added to the original order , but would not do so when added to the hours yet to be worked under it . |
| 16 | The FMLN had reaffirmed on July 29 that the second 20 per cent of its guerrillas due to demobilize on July 31 would not do so as long as socio-economic conditions for their re-integration into the civilian life remained " non-existent " [ for start of demobilization in June see p. 38957 ] . |
| 17 | The Secretary of State was thus granted a discretionary power to release a person serving a sentence of life imprisonment subject to two conditions : ( 1 ) He must be recommended so to do in a particular case by the Parole Board ( which was constituted by section 59 of the Act of 1967 ) and ( 2 ) He shall not do so except after consultation with the Lord Chief Justice together with the trial judge if available . |
| 18 | The provisions of paragraphs ( 1 ) and ( 2 ) above shall not apply so as to make it unlawful for a motor vehicle to be fitted with an instrument or apparatus other than a two-tone horn designed to emit a sound for the purpose of informing members of the public that goods are on the vehicle for sale . |
| 19 | It will not do so where the majority have acted in bad faith , or where class interests have not been properly identified and fairly represented ( see below ) , or where it can be demonstrated that the majority voted in favour of the scheme because of their interests as shareholders of another class or as creditors ( see Carruth v ICI [ 1937 ] AC 707 ) . |
| 20 | Our Higher Self is eager to give us a life full of love , joy , success and abundance ; but it will not do so until we say ‘ Yes ’ , and we keep turning our backs on it . |
| 21 | WE have to match that level of performance and we wo n't do so if a player is playing 40 games a season of which half a dozen are representative . |
| 22 | Things they wo n't admit so that they can keep on asking me to dinner — because my name is Goldsborough . |
| 23 | Like when she 's in the first two classes it wo n't matter so but as she 'll approach the G C S C |
| 24 | As with problem solving , the difficulty with asking the right — questions is that we can not do so unless we already know the answer . |
| 25 | If she or her children return before the ashes become cold , it becomes again an ahi-ka , but there is a difference of opinion whether the grandchildren can recover their rights in that way , but there is no doubt that the great grandchildren can not do so unless they are expressly invited and welcomed by the tribe . " |
| 26 | In view of the growing international concern about the use of children and young people in various conflicts , especially in third-world countries , how on earth can the Minister possibly justify a situation in this country whereby a young lad can join the Army at the age of 16 , or in some cases at the age of 15 , but if he changes his mind and wants to leave after serving more than six months he can not do so and is forced to continue in the armed services until the age of 21 ? |
| 27 | They can not do so and should not be asked to try . |
| 28 | Of course , in Switzerland they can not do so because Switzerland is organised in cantons , and the canton of Ticino , where Lugano is , can not afford to indemnify the whole collection . |
| 29 | Qualified academically to serve their people , they can not do so because of racial barriers bristling in their way . |
| 30 | It is a sad reflection on the present state of constitutional monarchy in this country that one so driven to do his best for the good of mankind , as he sees it , should think , indeed know , that he can not do so as king . |